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March 8th, 2012 - 9:33 am § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination

Reaching Girls at the Grassroots – A Sound Investment

In celebration of International Women's Day! Grassroots organizations, as powerful actors that are finding and reaching marginalized girls and unlocking their potential, are reaching a demographic of extremely vulnerable and hard-to-reach girls through homegrown, targeted, and context-specific strat[...]

March 6th, 2012 - 11:02 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

Bad guys, good guys, and the people in between

On Invisible Children's latest Kony2012 campaign: What does "the founder's inability to just 'stay' with Jacob in that dark, low moment" [when he talks about how much he misses his slain brother] say about the organization's approach?[...]

February 26th, 2012 - 9:02 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

Logframes….errrgh!

The predictable, linear, rational progression of activities is what can make a sound logframe clear and elegant. But this is also what can render it useless in the context of providing relief and fighting poverty and injustice. [...]

February 14th, 2012 - 9:33 am § in Reflection & Rumination

On Love & Justice: A Valentine’s Day Reflection

We don’t talk about our hearts nearly enough in international aid. But this Valentine’s Day seems like a good time to do so. Sharing an excerpt from "The Love That Does Justice: Spiritual Activism in Dialogue With Social Science,” edited By Michael A. Edwards & Stephen G. Post[...]

December 15th, 2011 - 6:30 am § in Reflection & Rumination

The Year Ends. The Pendulum Swings.

2011 has been a “shake-up” year for those involved in “flipping the aid system” to put more local and national actors in the driver’s seat of development. How-matters.org is shutting down until January 15th to reflect and plan for 2012![...]